Any tips to stop kids from bed wetting at night?

One mum has messaged us asking “Hi, At the moment my husband and myself are trying to help our eldest son who is 4 out of wearing ‘pull-ups’ during the night. He has been toilet trained for about 2 years and having his day sleeps without wearing ‘pull-ups’. We have been trying undies at night for about a week and everynight he has wet the bed (some nights even twice). He goes to the toilet before bed, we have limited his water intake from about 5pm and have even woken him to take him to the toilet when we go to bed but still is wet in the morning. Do any mums (or dads) have any ideas or tips we could try or do we wait until he is more ready? My son actually asked if he could wear undies to bed so we thought this was a positive step. This is the second attempt but with 3 children four years old and younger pull-ups are getting quite expensive! Thanks.”

Posted by anon 13/5/2013

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- - Nas01 said
  - 22 Apr 2016
    9:09 pm
I’ve had a few accidents with my 3 year old who had been fully toilet trained just over the age of 2. I know it’s normal for some accidents along the way and hope it’s just the odd one and bit something that’s going to be ongoing.
- - Mis Jo said
  - 29 Jul 2014
    9:43 am
No water 3 hours before bed!
- - koloababe4 said
  - 23 Mar 2014
    3:18 pm
Hope found some answers to help
- - neenee said
  - 05 Mar 2014
    12:45 pm
I found giving my children a drink no later than 5 o’clock gave them a better chance of not wetting at night. If they insisted on a drink it was only a little drink.
- - judyk said
  - 01 Mar 2014
    8:39 pm
Be patient ! Don’t let him feel your stress about this. You are doing the right things but some children just take longer to get this than others. My son was 5, my daughter 7 before they stopped wetting at night.
If you don’t want him to wear pull ups anymore you need to be willing to wash sheets and change bedding more often.
Whatever you do, don’t get angry or annoyed – it doesn’t help and will just put more pressure on him and make him feel guilty and bad about himself. Let him know its okay and that you know he’s trying.
Be confident that eventually he will stop.
- - coppin85 said
  - 31 Dec 2013
    8:07 am
i hope you’ve had success
- - kathryn said
  - 28 Dec 2013
    11:12 pm
A child health nurse might have some good suggestions
- - ljsalomon said
  - 23 Dec 2013
    7:31 pm
Hope you have had some success with the night toilet training.
- - meltingmoment said
  - 20 Dec 2013
    1:06 pm
How is he going now?
- - pamela preece said
  - 01 Nov 2013
    11:36 pm
This is more normal for boys limiting fluid intake after 6pm and making him have a toilet break just before bed are the best ways I know to help prevent bed wetting. Keep it up your doing a great job.
- - snoopy said
  - 31 Oct 2013
    4:45 pm
Sometimes they just have to grow out of it.
- - meltingmoment said
  - 30 Oct 2013
    9:59 pm
Some really great advice below.
- - nswelise said
  - 27 Oct 2013
    5:44 pm
its just learning over time. i make sure the kids dont drink before bed and go to the toilet just before going to sleep
- - lozeuro said
  - 13 Oct 2013
    9:48 pm
My son is 6, nearly 7 and still wakes up in a soaked nappy every night. We have tried alarms, waking 4 times a night to take him, no drinks before bed. Dr said after 7 we can get his bladder tested because its normal for boys to still be bed wetting up to 6 years old. Its infuriating but think he is such a deep sleeper he has no inclination to wake and go to the toilet on his own
- - kellyamy said
  - 04 Oct 2013
    5:37 pm
Up his water intake during the day as it helps signal the brain that he needs to wee, dont wake him during the night as its not teaching his brain to wake him when he has the urge to wee, try offering small rewards for a dry bed, contact health nurse for more tips. My daughter is 8 and has only just stopped wetting the bed after completing a bedwetting program. Im not sure at what the minimum age is for the program but it was fantastic. So if I were you id consult a child health nurse and your gp.